Hi sobriety fam, I’m grateful you’re here 
Feeling really good lately and enjoying life. Stay mindful wherever you are in the world right now friend! 
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KarenKW…its never fun starting over. On the bright side you are here…looking for answers and going to therapy. Maybe you just gotta get another sober tool? Hang in there.
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Morning Check in
Day 462
I feel okay i guess today. Idk how i feel honestly 
I had a rough start to my day, just with getting to work on time due to bus issues. Was 30min late for work and felt so bad bcuz the overnight staff had to stay until I arrived. I did apologize tho but she wasnt happy.
Im 2.5 hours into my shift and all i want to do is go home. And bcuz my mood is blah, i have decided that i will go on the gratitude thread after this to write out what im grateful for, bcuz i do need it. Life is too short to live it in misery. Stuff does happen but i dont need to stay there for too long.
Im basically just wanting it to be Monday already (my fav day of the week). I have alot to do this week, all good things. So Im just excited for that. Hope everyone is having a great day! 
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Checking in on day 363. Last night I worked a liquor store that had some pretty sketchy clientele. (Im a consumer educator and sampled out tequila) It was another reminder of how far I’ve come. There had been many a time when I looked, smelled and acted like shit. It was scary thinking of how close I had been to really throwing my life away…Im very grateful for all the support that has been and continues to be available for me. Yesterday was also the first time I told a stranger that I don’t drink. Such a little thing but it made me feel powerful and confident.
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Two days to go… 
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Doing this as I trek up the east coast. But life has gotten better. A lot of you heard about my bad break up with my old job and got a new one, and they treat me pretty good. I currently got a GM ASEP student to mentor. Which is kinda cool
I’ll elaborate, so naturally you can go to college or tech school for automotive tech and a lot of the manufacturers offer programs to get you into their system, i did T-TEN aka Toyota and went to a Lexus dealer, General Motors program is called ASEP, where students get sponsored by a dealer and work and get on the job training while in school, while working with an experienced tech to mentor you. When you graduate most of the time the dealer gives you a full time job.
The kid I got real good kid, super sheltered. Homeschooled and child of a pastor. Very green super book smart but never experienced life, and I’m thinking you guys paired him with me why? Are you in hopes his father will come in and perform an exorcism?
I’m looking at him and seeing myself 20 years ago, thinking wow, maybe if I had impulse control I’d be a lot better off. Auto shop guys will tell you the culture is a party, and I was a partier I got fired many times for attendance cause I was too hungover to be productive at work. So maybe I have something for him other than to teach him about cars?
My son graduates high school in a week, which I don’t know how to feel about, a full fledged adult, he got accepted to college and between grants and scholarships he got money I had put aside for him , plus my VA funding and scholarships he gets through me he essentially is going for free which is pretty bad ass. He’s staying local and a friend of mine Lives a few miles from the campus so she’s gonna mom him as needed
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Checking in. 26 days. I know not everyday can be perfect, though I’m not looking for perfect. I want to not let my emotions get in the way of me having a good life, I want to identify my emotions and energy and learn how to use it.
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Maybe you do. I’m glad things are going well Chris. Congrats on your son’s graduation. Must be a strange feeling but I know you’re proud.
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There might be something there Karen, only exactly the other way from what you are saying. Drinking will make matters worse. I know you know. You’re working on it. I’m sorry. 
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Checking in on day 14. Had a lovely sober weekend. Got so much done. Not big things, just little things like hoovering and the laundry. Feeling ready-ish! for Monday
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Like life things. Like doing normal things. Like living your life. That’s great Mark. Congrats! I’m with you in feeling ready-ish for Monday.
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Thanks. Whatever the week brings at least we finally have some sun… hope you have a good one!
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Hi everybody I know I’m terrible at keeping up with the checking in but I wanted to contact anyone who was friends with Conor. Apparently, Karen, his daughter’s mother, had an aneurysm and passed away yesterday. It was very sudden and he now finds himself a single father. If anyone would like to share their condolences, I’ll be sure to let him know. Karen was active with our cooking Zoom and we adored her very much. So, we are putting together some funds to send flowers. I myself was able to hang out with her when I went to Ireland and found her to be such a wonderful person. I’m sure I’m not alone with the prayers for her and her family during this difficult time.
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That’s terrible news Rebecca. Thanks for letting us know. Please send Connor my condolences and let him know I’m thinking about him and his daughter. What a sad sad news. I’d like to contribute some to send flowers. Let me know how please.
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Thank you Mno. I’ll pm you when I get all the info together.
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Wow! My heart breaks for Connor and his daughter. Please send my condolences, love and extra hugs. I will contribute so please PM when you have more info. Thanks for sharing this sad news @Ravikamor. 
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Checking in. Day 226
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Thank you Lisa I will let him know. The wake starts tomorrow.
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Checking in
Day 462
Have alot on my mind today but I am grateful that im clean and sober to care enough to wanna do something about it. Im grateful that i am no longer self centered but instead truly care about the needs and growth of others. I have never been more determined to be clean than i am right now. I have a clear head and im in full problem solving mode. I am currently doing research on adapted sports for kids and trying to figure out how to prepare my son for the future with his medical disabilities. I wanna empower and encourage and fill his heart and soul with good things so that words and stares dont bother him out in the community/school. Hes starting to realize the differences btwn what him and other kids can do and i want to strengthen his mind and heart and build upon his strengths so that he flourishes in the areas that he likes and is good at. I feel overwhelmed by all this. I feel scared and worried that life is happening so fast. Hes growing up quickly and i want to keep instilling in him how much he is loved and how amazing of a person he is. Im so grateful to be clean today. Hopefully i can find some good resources for an adapted sports program.
Tmrw my son and i will exercise together 
He always wants to workout with me but cant always do the exercises i do, so i found some good seated exercise videos that him and I will do tmrw. And then we will go for a wagon walk thru the park (weather permitting). I just never want him to feel left out. Im feeling alot of emotions right now. Am looking forward to getting home
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Thanks! 
been a great season now on to summer baseball for American Legion, I’m the commissioner for our state so my life is literally baseball everyday outside of work 
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